Nudelman judge NR-23
| Nudelman judge NR-23 | |
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| general information | |
| Country of operation: | Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact |
| Production time: | 1949 to 1965 |
| Weapon Category: | Automatic cannon |
| Furnishing | |
| Overall length: | 1980 mm |
| Total height: | 136 mm |
| Total width: | 165 mm |
| Weight: (unloaded) | 39 kg |
| Barrel length : | 1450 mm |
| Technical specifications | |
| Caliber : | 23 × 115 mm |
| Cadence : | 800-950 rounds / min |
| Lists on the subject | |
The Nudelman-Richter NR-23 ( Russian: Нудельман-Рихтер НР-23 ) was a machine gun from Soviet production. It replaced the Nudelman-Suranow NS-23 from 1949 .
description
The NR-23 was a single-barrel, fully automatic weapon with a 23 × 115 mm caliber specially designed for use as an on-board weapon in aircraft. Compared to the NS-23, the mechanics have been improved so that a higher rate of fire of up to 850 rounds / min resulted, although in practice it was closer to 650 rounds / min. Up to 6,000 shots could be fired before the barrel had to be swapped. The weapon was used in all mass-produced fighter aircraft of the 1950s - i.e. the MiG-15 , the MiG-17 , the Jak-23 and the La-15 .
The Nudelman-Richter NR-23 was installed on at least one Soviet Almas space station (Salyut 3) to defend against US interception satellites.
From 1965 the NR-23 was replaced by the Grjasew-Schipunow GSch-23 and the Afanasjew-Makarow AM-23 .
variants
- Type 23-1
- The People's Republic of China acquired the license manufacturing rights for the NR-23 and manufactured it under the name Norinco Type 23-1 itself .
- NR-30
- A derivative with a caliber of 30 mm was given the designation NR-30 , but had a similar mechanical design.
literature
- Bill Gunston: Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft . ISBN 1-84176-096-X .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Asif A. Siddiqi: The Soviet Space Race With Apollo . University Press of Florida, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8130-2628-2 .
- ^ Anatoly Zak: Here Is the Soviet Union's Secret Space Cannon. popularmechanics.com, November 16, 2015, archived from the original ; Retrieved March 5, 2016 .